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"tombstone": "The Supper at Emmaus, c. 1720. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682\u20131754). Oil on canvas; framed: 133.4 x 167 x 9.5 cm (52 1/2 x 65 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.); unframed: 108 x 140.6 cm (42 1/2 x 55 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1931.245",
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"title": "The Supper at Emmaus",
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"title": "The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition",
"description": "The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).",
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"description": "Florence, Pitti Palace, 1922: \"mostra della pittura italiana del seicento e settecento,\" cat. no. 750 (catalogue by Roberto Longhi, et. al.).",
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"description": "New ork, Durlacher Brothers, November 19-December 8, 1934: \"An Exhibition of Venetian Painting 1600-1800,\" cat. no. 14.",
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"description": "CMA, 1936: \"The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition,\" cat. no. 162, plate XXXVIII.",
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"description": "San Francisco, May 25-September 9, 1940: \"Golden Gate International Exposition,\" cat. no. 163, repr.",
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"description": "Northampton, mas., Smith College Museum of Art, February 6-February 26, 1947: \"Italian Baroque Painting,\" cat. no. 27.",
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"description": "Worcester (Mass.) Art Museum, April 9-May 16, 1948: \"Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Art of Europe during the XVI-XVII Centuries,\" cat. no. 22.",
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"description": "CMA, 1956: \"The Venetian Tradition,\" cat. no. 29.",
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"description": "Balitmore Museum of Art, 1968: \"From El Greco to Pollock,\" cat. no. 38, repr.",
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"description": "Venice, Doge's Palace, June 7-October 15, 1969: \"Dal Ricci al Tiepolo, i pittori di figura del settecento a Venezia,\" cat. no. 58, illus. pp. 138-39, (catalogue by Pietro Zampetti).",
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"description": "Giovanni Paolo Baglioni, San Cassiano, Venice, 1787",
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"description": "This painting depicts the biblical story of the Supper at Emmaus, when the disguised, resurrected Christ suddenly reveals himself to two astonished disciples as they all sit down to dinner. The artist has painted the figures\u2019 hands and the objects on the table meticulously, but leaves other details vague, including the background drapery, in order to heighten the unfolding drama.",
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"citation": "H. S. F. \u201c\u2018The Supper at Emmaus\u2019 by Piazzetta.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 18, no. 10 (December 1931): 186, 188\u2013190.",
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"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 424",
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